US Urges Cambodia to Remove Restrictions Against Opposition Leader

Cambodia's opposition leader and President of the National Rescue Party (CNRP) Kem Sokha talks during an interview with Reuters in Prey Veng province, Cambodia May 28, 2017. Samrang Pring/File Picture/Reuters

PHNOM PENH—The United States urged Cambodia’s government on Sept. 11 to drop all charges against opposition leader Kem Sokha, who was released on bail but has been placed under house arrest.

Kem Sokha was released from prison on Sept. 10 after spending more than a year in jail on treason charges but remains under house arrest in the capital, Phnom Penh. He was arrested last September as part of a government-led crackdown against critics.